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The Creative Capital of Cities
Interactive Knowledge Creation and the Urbanization Economies of Innovation
Stefan KrätkeSeries: IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change(0)
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This book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative class and creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective.
• Critiques Richard Florida's popular books about cities and the creative class
• Presents an alternative approach based on analyses of empirical research data concerning the German urban system and the case study regions, Hanover and Berlin
• Underscores that the culture industry takes a leading role in conforming with neoliberal conceptions of labor markets
• Critiques Richard Florida's popular books about cities and the creative class
• Presents an alternative approach based on analyses of empirical research data concerning the German urban system and the case study regions, Hanover and Berlin
• Underscores that the culture industry takes a leading role in conforming with neoliberal conceptions of labor markets
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- SeriesIJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change #79